I found myself walking around a few construction sites last week at the invitation of a local contractor who has often …
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Now the real work
It will come as no surprise that I am not a fan of Donald. I think he is a thin-skinned, mean-spirited …
Read More »Guessing what will dominate the news this week…
So there is no shortage of real news in the upper valley these days. There’s a big step in the potential …
Read More »It is what we do…
The thing that got me as much as anything about the close call and the tragedy of a young man being …
Read More »Anger Management: The PowCam, Met Rec, public officials and perspective
It has been a while since I’ve heard so much anger over a local issue. Snodgrass, Whatever, Brush Creek. But the …
Read More »Affordable housing questions—and a little concern
There will not be a request this November for county voters to raise their taxes to pay for affordable housing in …
Read More »Numbers
0 That’s the number of regular members on the Gunnison County Planning Commission from the north end of the valley and …
Read More »Executive time
I need me some more executive time. Everyone needs themselves some more executive time. Apparently our feckless leader schedules about 60 …
Read More »Good News / Bad News
The good news is I found out last week that the hike out from the bottom of Paradise isn’t overly brutal. …
Read More »Government is there for the people— not the big corporations
Government is meant to be the place for the people to speak as a collective. It never works fast but when …
Read More »Conspiracy Theories
So the Reaman household joined the 20th century (or is it the 19th?) last weekend and got access to Netflix and …
Read More »Shutdown impacts in the valley
That government shutdown Donald said he’d be “proud” to have? It is still going on. And while few thought it would …
Read More »Behind the postcard
There was a return to winter this week—and I mean a return from 2017, since last year winter sort of skipped …
Read More »A ski town should have skiers
It appears we have hit a peak (maybe even the peak) for the winter season in terms of visitor numbers. The …
Read More »Solstice, the “Vail Bump” and the ADU conundrum
The solstice, any solstice, is a good marker for this mountain town. They come with celebrations and prayers. With this latest …
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